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fclMTERPRISE, New ON Vol. XXVIII Newton, N. C, Thursday April 26, 1906. No. 10 SAN FRANCISCO'S DESTRUCTION. Story of the Earthquake and the Firery Visitation that Followed. San Francisco, Cal. April 18, Ti.e dreadful earthquake shock came without warning at pre cisely 5:13 o clock this morning, its motion apparently being from uist to vest. At first the up heaval of the earth was gradual but in a few seconds it increased in intensity. Chimneys began to fa.il and buildings began to creabi tottering on tneir foundations. The people became panic stricken and rushed into the streets, most of them in their night attire They were met by showers of falling buildings, bricks, cornices and wall. Many were instantly crushed to death, while others were dreaaf ully mangled. Those who remained indoors generally escaped with their lives, though scores were hit by detached plaster, pictures and articles thrown to the floor by tbe shock. It is believed that more or less loss was sustained by nearly every family in the city. SKYSCRAPERS BEHAVE WELL. The tall steel-frame structures stood the strain better than brick buildings, few of them being badly damaged. The big 11 story Man ad nock office building, in course of construction, ad joining the Palace Hotel, was an exception, however, its rear wall colUnsing, and many cracks bom male across the front. Some of the docks and freight sheds along the water front slid into the bay. Deep fissures opened in the filled-in ground near the shore and the union ferry depot was injured. Its high tower still stands, but will have to be torn down, A portion of the new city hall, which cost seven million dollars, collapsed, the roof slidisg into the court yard and smaller towers tumbling down. The great dome was moved, but did not fall. The new pcstoffice, one of the finest in the United States, was badly shattered. The Valencia Hotel, a four story wooden building, sank into tbe basement a pile of splintered timbers, under which were pi ti nt d many dead and dying occu pants of the house. The base ment was full of water and some cf the helpless victims were drowned. POWERLESS TO STAY FLAMES. Scarcely had the earth ceased to shake when fires broke out simultaneously in many places. The fire department promptly responded to the first calls for aid, but it was found that the water mains had been rendered useless by the underground movements. Fanned by a light breez, the flames quickly spread and soon many blocks were seen to be doomed. Then dynamite was resorted to and the sound of frequent explosions added to the terror of the people. All efforts to stay the progress of the fire, however, proved futile. The south side of Market street from Ninth street to the bay, was soon ablaze, the fird covering a belt two blocks wide. On U is, the aiain thoroughfare of the oity, are located many of the finest edifices in the city, including the Grant, Parrott, Flood, Call, Ex aminer and Monad nock buildings the Palace and Grand Hotels, and numerous wholesale houses. WHOLE CITY SEEMED AFIRE. At the same time the commer cial establishments and banks north of Mamet street were burning. The burning district in this section of the city ex tended from Samson street to the water front, and from Market street to Broadway, Fires also broke out in the Mission and the entire city seemed to be in flimes. FIRK DAMAGE WORSE BY FAR. To-day's experience has been a testimonial to the modern steel building. A score of these structures tvere in course of con struction, and not one suffered from the earthauake shock. The completed modern buildingf were also immune from harm from the seismic movements. The buildings that collapsed were all flimsy wooden and old brick structures. The damage by earthquake does not begin to compare with the loss by tne fire, San Francisco, April 19, Thousands upon thousands of people are fleeing from the fire to-day. They are flocking to the military reservation and to the suburbs. Residents of the hillsides in the central portion of the city seemingly were safe from the roaring furnace that was consuming the business sec tion. They watched the towering ; mounds of flames and speculated as to the extent of the territory that was doomed. there was wfcispered an alarm up and down the long line of watchers and they hurried awaj to draw clothing, cookinR utensils and scant provisions through the streets. From Grant avenue, the procession moved westward. Men and women dragged trunks, pacned huge bundles of blankets, boxes of provisions everything. Wagons could not be hired except by paying the most extortionate rates. PEOPLE CALM BUT STUNNED. But there was no panic. The people are calm but stunned. They seem not to realize the ex tent of the calamity. They hear that the city is destroyed in so far as business plants are con cerned; they tell each other in the most natural tone that their residences were destroyed by the flames, but there is no hysteria, no criticism. HEROIC MEASURES TRIED. Daybreak found them direct ing the municipal council, which; is a committee of safety, from uhe Fairmount Hotel, the beauti ful structure that stood on the top of Nob Hill. But that caught fire and they retreated to the Gushing, at Larkin and Sutter streets, and then to the north end police station, in Sacramento street. Here the council, com posed of the financial leaders Of the city, met this morning and decided to resort to most heroic measures yet undertaken since the city has been in the pith of devastation. This decision was to bombard the entire section of the city lying along the east side of Van Ness avenue from Golden Gate avenue to Pacific avenue, 16 blocks in all, containing the homes of many millionaires and apartment houses, FLEE DOOMED DISTRICT. The military was notified of this action, and barrels of gun powder, the only remainisg ex plosive in the city, were taken from the Presidio, Fort Mc Dowell, Alcatraz and other near by posts. Hundreds of police, regiments of soldiers and scores of volunteers were sent into the doomed district to warn the peopie to flee. These heroically responded to the demand of law. and went bravely on their way, trudging painfully over the pavements with the little they could get together, Every Available wagon was taken by the military to carry the powder. It was with saddened hearts that community viewed the ruin of their city, but the extent of the devastation has not yet come to be fully realized. The people are seemingly half-dazed by the magnitude of the disaster and it will be some days before the full rtorror of the situation comes home to them. MENACE OF FAMINE. Possibility of famine is already presenting its hideous face. At oest the city never carried more than three days' supply of pro visions and food, and now, with the wholesale districts and ware houses wiped out there is already shortage of food. Prices tc- Jay were in most instances more ihan trebled. An Associated Prona man was obliged to pay 25 cents for a small glass of mineral water in the Hayes Valley dis trict. That half of the city that has been laid waste and not a drop of water is to be had there except bottled mineral water Ferry Building, San Francis- r-n. r.alif.. April 20. The fire is under control, it having been checked at Van Ness avenue and in the Mission. The fire is still raging north of Russian Hill toward the bay, but will not s Dread west. Probably a fourth of the city is safe. Measures are being taken for the relief of the destitute, Last horrible one for the refugees. Most of them were without food or water and their -nffrtrincrs were terrible. Baker ies are starting to day and bread is being sent over from Oakland. Supplies of bread and milk are needed immediately. Swift & Go. bav 00,000 pounds' of CISCO. San Francisco, Calif., April 20, Probably 200,000 refugees are struggling to get out of the city, and hourly the task is becoming more difficult, as the fire and heat cut off avenue after avenue of escape. The streets are filled with struggling people, some crying and weeping and calling for missing loved ones. Crowd7 ing all sidewalks in the threat ened erea are hundreds upon hundreds of householders at i tempting to drag some of their effects to places of safety. In some instances men with ropes are dragging trunks tandem style, others have sewing ma chines strapped to the trunks. Again women are rushin? for the hills, carrying on their arms only the family cat or a bird cage. There is no aid for any one from outsid sources. In the awful scramble for safety the half crazsd survivors disregard everything but the thought of themselves and their property. There has bsen no change what Ia every excavation and hole j ever in the policy of the Depart throughout the North Beach J ment respecting the rural f rae householders are burying house-j delivery service." hold effects, throwing them into ditches and coveriog the hole3. Attempts are made to mark the graves of the property so that i can b3 recovered after flames are appeased. Sufferers are invad ing the few buildings that remain in the hope of finding something to eat. They only desist when warned or shot by the soldiers. Beg Food andTransportation At the ferry building a crowd of a thousand people were gath ered begging for food and trans portation across the bay, Hun dreds had not eyen ten cents car fare to Oakland, Most of the refugees at this point were Chi namen and Italians, who fled from their burned tenements with little or no personal proper ty. The suffering of many from hunger is pitiful. A mob of a hundred or more robbed a bread wagon and took the contents. The police made an attempt to interfere, but were powerless. Bread is arriving from Berkeley and Oakland, and is being distributed ia the north end of town by the relief parties organized by Mayor Schmitz. Thousands Slekp in Hills, Thousands of people slept in the hill last night or stood gazing with grim faces on the lurid . ITT - scene below, vvomen ana onii- dren and little baoies in arms were huddled together with the injured In Golden Gate Park the people are camping with gnawing hunger the companion of all. The wail of the injured nd the call cf frantic survivors for friends and relatives who are missing are pitiiui. lnese crowds are constantly increasing, and the relief committees are doing all in their power to get bedding and food for the home less. Oakland, Berkeley and Alame da are short of food, and in a few days will thsmseleves be facing serious shortage unless relief comes from the outside. Expressmen are charging from $10 to $50 to haul a load of bag gage or give any aid to refugees. Aft of the Thoroughbred, New York Sun. The Raleigh Evening Times calls attention to tbe interesting circumstances that the Hob, Jo scph G, Cannon is an older man than the Hob. Grover Cleveland, It adds: Cannon believes ia tariff for protection, Cleveland for revenue only. Of course Mr, Cleveland will not go actively into politics again. He is out of it for all times, yet he is our sole hope, at the present moment, at least Still we can hold mm in reserve and send him to the front only in the event that Mr. Cannen makes the rcce. The question oi age would be in Grover Cleveland 's favor, but that would not be all. " The speaker is not so very much the senior of the ex-president. The difference in Mr. Cleveland's fayor is only eleven months and a few days, New York Sun, CASTOR I A Tot Infants and Children. Tba Kind You Hare Always Bought Bears tbe Signature of No Rural Routes to be Discontinued. Washington Letter in Charlotte Observ er, Rapresentative Pou recently had a talk with Mr. Degraw, the Fouth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, concerning the reputed purpose of the Department to discontinue free routes wherever rural delivery it was shown the carrier handled less than 2, 000 packages in a single month. Mr, Pou, as well as other Mem bers from the State, has received a large number of anxious inquir ies regarding this matter. Mr . DeGraw said that it was not the purpose of the Department to discontinue a single rural free delivery route in the State. ''Of course," said he, "it may be necessary to discontinue certain routes in the future if it shall appear that they are not appreci ated by the people, The Depari ment has made no ruling that routes which handled less than 2,000 pieces per month shall be discontinued. This is a mistake. It appears that since January 1, 27 routes only in the United States have been discontinued, and Mr, Pou was assured that no route in North Carolina would be cut off without giving its patrons ample notice, and without gh ing them an opportunity to show a proper appreciation of its bene fits. At the begining of the year 1090 routes were in operation in North Carolina, with 187 petitions pending. Nothing w ill relieve indigestion that is not a thorough digestanf. Kodol Djs pept-ia Cure digests what you eat, and allows the etoEif th to r6t ruupf rat jrrow sti ong again. A few does of Ko dol after meals will soon restore the stoirach and digestive organs to a ful performance of their functiocs naturaLy Sold by T. R. Abernetby and It. 1' Freeze, Druggists. A Change Coming. Charlotte Chronicle. Explaining the presence in Washington at the same time, of Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national com mittee, and Cornelius N. Bliss treasurer of the Republican nat ional committee, The Post says that Mr, Taggart "is hiving confeieace with the minority leaders as to the best methods of making the next House Demo cratic, ' And it adds: Curiously enough, many Republicans of prominence believe that this will be the result of the coming No vember election." Further, a stalwart Republicans, of Illinois, tells the Post that while his State has but one Democratic Representative, he expects to see it gain eight and perhaps ten, in the next election, That seems to be the feeling all oyer the country. The Republican majority in Congress is unwieldy, It is top heavy and must go oyer, just as did the Democratic House a few years ago when all the Republi can members could have been ac commodated on the front row. Too big majorities can never stand long. The hopes of those who expect to see a change in the next House, may be said to be reasonably well founded. It i3 in the air. The Implement Co. 1302 Main St., Richmond, Va. Have' issued a new and interesting Catalogue telling all about the best Time, Labor and Money Saving Farm Implements It gives descriptions and prices of Corn and Cotton Planters, Wheel & Disk Cultivators, Farm Wagons, Engines, Buggies, Surries, Harness, Saddles, V, Crimp & other Roofing, Barb Wire, Fencing, etc. Farmers will get the best Farm Implements on the market and save money by sending us their orders. Write for our Catalogue. Mailed free on request. The Fiancee Yes, Percy placed it on my finger lastnisht. Isn't it a beauty?" Her Dear est Friend Yes, but in about a fortnight you'll find it will make a funny black mark on your liutfer. It did on mine. Minneapolis xibune. Osbcroe on Newspapers. New York Times. James "W, Osborne says he be lieves that with the newspapers, and the newspapars alone, lies the work of solving the great civil, commercial, and industrial problems of the day. He de- ; scribed that function as the greatest of present and future newspapers, in a talk he deliv ered before the members of the People's Institute at their club house, 318 Eist Fifteenth street, Ust night, He said: "The newspaper of to-day has three functions, The first is to gather news. The second is to make news. They make news, not in the sense that they fake ii, ba( in the sense that a newspa- ! per reporter works upon a mur- der mystery and runs down the man or woman who commits the crime. The third is the editoria function of thinking for people and forming intelligent ideas which shall guide them in esti mating juen and public ques tions. in tne old days a man was robbed on the highway by the baronial bandit or on the sea by the pirate. How is he done now? "Take, for the sane of argu ment, the bricklayers, They form a combination in the United States and Canada, and if a man wants a brick wall built in New j York he can't get a man to Jay a hand to the work unless he com plies with the agreement made by the great combination of bricklayers. "Take the coal miners, as an other instance. An agreement is entered into whereby a rebate is allowed for shipment- The result is the same. Hold-up! "We must fight ideas with ideas. Those who are prejudiced against existing laws and want new laws are on the wrong tack. What we need is a better under standing of the Jaws we already have. We have, in fact, too many laws already. 'lf the people would quit talk ing about existing evils, if the editors would quit writing edi torials abouo them, and if some great newspaper would only take up one o? the menaces and mas ter it, that newspaper wouldn't have to write editorials for any great length of time, for it would solve it. One of the functions oi the modern newspaper is to grapple with these evils, study them, and then exterminate them- I think the great press of the country will be the instru ment by which these threatening things will be suppressed. "I consider the functions of an editor almost as sacred as those of a judge. So many people read the papers and take as verity what they read therein that the editor assumes a high responsi bility in the community. And again the people substitute his conscience for their own in form ing opinions," Living indoors eo much during the winter months creates a sort of a stuffy, want-of ozone condition in the blood and system generally. Clean up and get ready for spring. Take a few Early Risers. These ianious little pills cleanse the liver, stomach and bowelB and give the blood a chance to purify itself. They relieve headache, sallow complex ion, etc. Sold by T. R. A bernethy and R. P. Freeze Druggists. ' I'll bet that couple are mar ried .What'll you bet?" "I'll bet so, too. When he If ft the car just then he said good-by to her and she kept right on looking out of the window-" Detroit Free Press. Don't tie a cough or a cold up in you sj stem by taking a remedy thatj binds the bowels. Take Kennedy's Laxative Iloney and Tar. It is different from all other cough sjrups. It is better. It opens the bowels expels all cold from tiie system, relieves coughs, colds, croup whoopiDg cough, etc. An ideal remedy for young and old. Children like it Sold by T, R. Abernethy and fi. P. Freeze, Druggists. He I didn't get a very good look at her hair, but it's a decid ed blonde, isn't it ? ; She Well er yes, but a little undecided about the roots. Philadephia Press, Nell He's charming fellow. Bell What did he talk about ?' Nell Why, come to think of it.he never said a word the whole evening- He just sat and listened to me. Philadephia Record. E5TOjR.IA. Seadtbe Signature r Iha Kind You Have always bcagfl j Birthaaj Dinntr and Family Kcanionll On April 1st, 19u6 tne 53 birthday ot Mr, J. A. LiineDargur ol Weobs was celebrated. Tnuae present were Mr, ana Mrs. Darat Nixon and two cundrau from Mwcklenburg couuty, Mr. and Mrs. lvey Linebargar amo. two children jxf YYeoDs, -Mr. ana Mrs, Will Bretherton cud une child also of Webbs, JVix-. anu Mrs John Clark ot Denver, Mi, ami Mrs. H. D, Lone bar oi Terrell, Mrs, Mary Jane bierim and Mrs. Martha Brotuenuu ootn of We bos, Mr. E, b. Limt barger o Terrell. We au joywd ourselyes and ctrtaim enjoyed the nice dinner. Wo w L appreciate such a dinner up time. Wishing Mr. Linebarger great success in his merchendise basiness and that he may enjoy living to see bu birthday celebrated many many times more. a Friend. Letter to L. M. Setzer. Newten N. C. Dear Sir; A painter complained that our cans are too full; un handy; spill. It's a way we have; 'tis handy not to be full; but we have a weakness for full-measure. Our gallon contains eight pints; the usual gallon ' ' is seven. Well think it over again; but we like a full can. How much short would you like a barrel? Seven gallons would be the pro portion. Short-measure suggests that the shortage is probably not in the cheapest ingredient. Guess we'll strick to four quarts to a gallon, and fifty gal lons a barrel. The name to go by is Devoe lead-and-zinc. Yours truly 66 F. W. Devoe & Co. ft s, oinyre Mdw, Co. 8 til our1 paint, Xortk Carolina"! 1x1 tte S0"01" Court, Catawba County J Special Proceeding. Delila Deal, Aaolphas Laii, Rebecca Travis, il-irv M Sine. J. A T,a.ii anH wife, Henrietta Laii and others vs Willis Ludlow. I,. F l.ndlaw S R Ludlow and others. To Willie Ludlow. I. Tf T.ni)'ni H ft LudlOW. Gilbert Ltlrf In W. (Wilis I'nHlAgr' Garland Ludlow, W. H. Oaeal and wife! r anuie, i. j. isusn atd wile. C. M. Bush. Arthur i)obs n. Ciifr- n,h arm f.n K Dobaon, Alma Dobson, Walter Dobsone L. D. Cr&iit and M T. C Tinr aid wife, L. A. liner. Jacob Har rison and wifo. H. A. Harrison. Rett Brown. The lleira Currant, names and residences unknown, and the Heirs at Lawof Lneinda Heffner, named and residence unknown: XOU Will take notice, that n &t,ion intitled as above h is been inatitaed in the Superior Cnurt of Catawba County, the parucsd oi said action btiur to sell for partition among tenants in common theieal estate of Lvdia. Hpi mn.fi. de ceased, said reil estate consistina: of two iiauus in i.auwua coanty, xxorta uaroli- aa, Lime's township, one tract contain ing one hundred .nrl thirf-r okfu mnM or less, ac joining the lands of Noah Hu- ili, juura lounc, xi. r. Holier, . l, Youat. J. A. Ynnnt, and nt-ham- Mothn- tract co-.taining forty four and one-half acres, no ore or less, atSioinine the lands of George Yount and others, You will further ttf nnlir-A that: rnn ire rt quired to i e and api ear before L a. xmuipci, uitrt ot tne Superior court of Catawba county, cu the 19t day of M av. 19(J6. to anAWPr m d.mnr trt oniii petition; and in the event that you do not so appear and answer or demur, tne petitioners will auDlv to thu nnnrt, frr the telief prayed therein. This 18th day oi April, xhuo. L. H. Phillips Clerk iSuperiorCourt. NOTICE. Nortn Carolina f In the Superior Coort Catawba County J Special Proceeding Donald Witherspoon, ' Administrator of the Estate of Absolom Miller, deceased vs. Pinkney Miller, William Miller, Bufua Miller, Avery Miller and others. To Rufus Miller and Avery Miller: Yoi will take notice that an action entitled as above has beenlinstitnted in tbe Supe rior Court of Catawba County, before L. H. Philips, Clerk of the Court, and that the purpose of said action is to sell the real estate of said Absolom Miller for the purp .se of making funds to pay tht d bt.i of the estate, said real estate being situated is Catawba county, N. C, ad joinicg the lands of B. B. McLurd. a. L. taiislcr and others, and being the home place of AbRoiom Miller and the land upon which he resided at the time of his death, Yon will further take notice thai ycu are required to appear before eaid L. H. Phillips, Clerk of the Superior Court of Catawba Connty, at his office n Newton, North Carolina, on the 28th day of Ap i', 1906, and answer or de mur, to th,; petition which has been filed ia baid case, and in the event yon do not bo appear and answer or demur. the petitioner will apply to the Court for the re'ief therein prayed. . This 28th day of March. 1906. L. H. Phillip, Clerk Superior Court, Catawba County, Carolina. A DMINISTEATOR'S NOTICE. Having quaUied as Administrator of the estate of Lydia Herman, deceased all persons having claims against the said eatate are hereby notified to present them to the undersigned. AU persona indebted to the estate will please make promt t settlnment. This 14th day o March, 1906, W. R. Winters,Adm iihf rspoon Sc. Witherspoon, Attja. SAFTY RAZORS FOR $1.00. We Have Just Received A Line Of GANDY BELTING, 46840 inch wide We Have Just Received Another Big Lot Of Poultry jNTetting, From 1ft up to 5ft high. We have the largest line ol Pockte Knives you overlooked at, no mat ter where you are from. Jap - A Stains and Varnshes in one operation. Rejuve nates all things about the home from "Oiler to Gar rett." Easily applied. Qaickly diied. For Sale By SJVfYRE Just Received! One Car Load Of The CELEBRATED REED PIVOT AXLE CULTIVATORS THE BEST ON See What Leading Farmers Have to Say About Thems Mr, A. C, SHUFORD, Newton, N. C, Dear Sir: The Reed Pivot Axle Cultivator purchased from yon in the spring of 1905, gives entire satisfaction, The motion of the plow pulverizes the soil and leaves a splendid dust mulch. It destroys gross more completely than any plow I ever tried. It is easily managed even in crooked rows, and does all that it is re commended to do. I like it so well that 1 want another just like it as soon as you get them in, R. L, SHUFORD. Mr. A. C, SHUFORD, Newton, N. U. -Dear SirThe Reed Pivot Axle Cultivator I bought of you in the spring of 1895, gives me entire satisfaction, It does all that is claimed for it in fact runs light, is easily managed and does perfect work. D. F. McGILL. Mr, A, C. SHUFORD, Newton, N. C. Dear Sir: -We are much pleased with the Reed Cultivator we bought of you last spring, 1905. It runs light, is easily managed even in crooked rows, destroys grass and weeds thoroughly and leaves the ground in fine shape. We like it so well that we want another one and have already contracted for it. W. L. KILLIAN & SON, Gall Geo. A. Warlick or A, WarKck's Roller Mill and get their prices. Lack CO, THE MARKET On C Shuford at ferries, to the parks, to the Ltti hi fcctit til Fun